पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · February 4, 2029 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.12 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम्।भवत्यत्यागिनां प्रेत्य न तु संन्यासिनां क्वचित्।।18.12।।
"18.12 For those who cannot renounce all desire, the fruit of action hereafter is threefold - good, evil, and partly good and partly evil. But for him who has renounced, there is none." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2086 Dundubhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1951 Saumya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1436
Malayalam Era: 1205
Nanakshahi: 560
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya291.24°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra176.65°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala168.52°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha265.69°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati183.05°TulāCitrā P3
शुक्र Śukra279.10°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani10.94°MeṣaAśvinī P4

Chicago, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:00 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:09 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:53 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:00 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 08 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 51 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:39 – 06:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:09 – 07:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:27
Godhūli Muhūrta16:57 – 17:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:09 – 17:34
Amṛta Kāla16:54 – 18:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:53 – 17:09
Yamaganda12:05 – 13:21
Gulika Kāla14:37 – 15:53
Varjyam07:26 – 07:42
Dur Muhūrta 09:22 – 09:43

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:00 – 08:16 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:16 – 09:32 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:32 – 10:48 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:48 – 12:05 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:05 – 13:21 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:21 – 14:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:37 – 15:53 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:53 – 17:09 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:09 – 18:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:53 – 20:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:37 – 22:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:21 – 00:05 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:05 – 01:48 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:48 – 03:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:32 – 05:16 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:16 – 07:00 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5130
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873706.27
Julian Day2462171.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2594°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)242.47°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.2594°), declination -16.19°, EoT -14.09 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2029-02-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)